It was a baptism of fire for the mild-mannered economist as foreign and domestic problems flared up after simmering for years during the rule of his charismatic predecessor, the late Andreas Papandreou.
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Simitis received a baptism of fire when he came to power nearly two years ago, deftly leading his country away from near war with neighboring Turkey and consolidating power in a party run by populists.
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Hired at 23, surviving a baptism of fire when her debut hour was dominated by the Centennial Olympic Park bombing, McKendry says, " I've never been treated differently " from a male anchor.
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Independent trade analysts say, however, Japan's decision to drop its complaint to the WTO over the U . S . threat to impose about $ 6 billion-worth of tariffs on Japanese car imports merely delays a baptism of fire for the trade body.
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He also can deal with the stresses and strains of a big production because he had a baptism of fire on ` Alien 3 .'I'm sure it wasn't pleasant for him at the time, but if you survive something like that, you're hardened for the next big production ."
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The game is a baptism of fire for [ Mirallegro's ] character, David Campbell, who makes his Northern Ireland debut in front of 50, 000 people . . . the day before his 21st birthday . " The film's cast was recognized as talented, but reviews of the script were less positive.
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Kimmings said " this gave me a baptism of fire really, making such a large volume of work, learning about how to run a night, what to do if things broke half way through, making costumes, doing marketing-everything . " When " Celebrityville " ended, Kimmings began to explore a solo live art career with autobiographical themes.
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The post proved to be a baptism of fire for the new director-although the company started out with classic works by Moli�re, Buchner and Strindberg, the season was disrupted when the theatre's main financier and manager gave up and vanished overnight, forcing the cast and crew to form a collective to keep the theatre going, and the program soon changed to comedies and melodramas-" things that made money ".
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Dalton's 2014 Classic TT could perhaps best be described as a baptism of fire, given his lack of relevant experience; his best lap in qualifying in 2014 on his F1 Suzuki was'just'87.799 mph and he did not finish the Classic F1 TT, which was won by fellow Kiwi Bruce Anstey at a race average speed of 121.597 mph, but he was back in 2015 and this time qualified for the F1 TT with a lap of 100.047 mph.
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I saw that night, and often since, that there will be an outpouring of the Spirit on the body, such as has not been, a baptism of fire, that all the dross may be put away . "'Oh there must and will be such an indwelling of the living God as has not been "'- the servants of God sealed in their foreheads-"'great conformity to Jesus "'- his holy holy image seen in his people-just the bride made comely by his comeliness put upon her . "'This is what we are at present made to pray much for, that speedily we may all be made ready to meet our Lord in the air-and it will be . "'
